RASASC Advice Guidelines - An Overview

RASASC Logo The Rape And Sexual Abuse Support Centre (RASASC) is a UK Registered Charity based in Guildford, Surrey, founded in 1992 with the aim of helping male and female survivors of rape or sexual abuse. Clients can talk to us in confidence using our Phone Helpline or through attending individual counselling sessions or our same-sex Self-Help Group Meetings.

We also produce advice and guidance leaflets of various kinds, not just to promote public awareness but also to provide specific help for those in individual circumstances of need. In reproducing many of our guidance leaflets here, we hope the advice they contain is of comfort and assistance to any survivor (or their partner) who might be unsure about seeking support, as well as helping to highlight for others (by promoting a better understanding) the scale and depth of problems that survivors continue to suffer long after the initial damage of rape or sexual abuse.

Recent Rape

Advice (including medical) for immediate survivors of sexual attack or abuse. Considered essential material to know, regardless of circumstance.

  

Advice for Partners

Life can be tough for any partner of a victim. Partner support is never easy - here are guidelines on how best to handle the situation.

  

Male Victimisation

Society expects men to be strong enough to look after themselves, making it twice as difficult for male rape or abuse victims to recover from events.
 

Panic Onsets

Our guidelines for coping with panic onsets describe how to control, manage and ultimately overcome such feelings.

  

Sleep Difficulties

Victims often suffer many months of occasional nightmares and other long-term sleep problems. Our guidance can aid a victim and help their partner's understanding.

  

Court Compensation

2008 brought a new judicial ruling enabling financial compensation for many past victims. We provide a summary of advice and contact points for further information.

RASASC also performs 'outreach work', visiting statutory and voluntary organisations and community groups to talk about its work and distribute leaflets such as "Young People - It's Not your Fault" (our publication targeted to increase risk awareness and support understanding among teenagers). But we are not government funded - we exist only by means of occasional grants and business sponsorships, public donations, income from providing counselling sessions and the proceeds of events organised by friends and supporters. Just as we support victims and survivors, we also need your support too. If you've never suffered sexual violence at the hands of someone else, please nevertheless consider offering some help or making a voluntary donation. Every contribution helps a victim to become a survivor.